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Snake Pipefish

Entelurus aequoreus

6,648Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
23Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan616
Feb1,208
Mar356
Apr69
May107
Jun139
Jul643
Aug1,108
Sep1,772
Oct50
Nov390
Dec86

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England10
2Torbay England8
3Highland Scotland7
4Norfolk England6
5Gwynedd Wales5
6Shetland Islands —5
7Ards and North Down Northern Ireland5
8Dorset England4
9Devon England4
10Fife Scotland3
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
12Swansea Wales2
13Kent England1
14Somerset England1
15Gloucestershire England1
127 England164 Scotland122 Wales124 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,648
Peak month
September
Counties with records
23
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Entelurus aequoreus
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
634
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Syngnathiformes
Family
Syngnathidae
Genus
Entelurus
Name with authority
Entelurus aequoreus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1548395 · GBIF 2333112